Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe is a smart, reverent, soulful bookstore in asheville, north carolina. and yes, when left to my own devices (which is rare, let’s admit), these three would be all i would do. throw in some snuggles and some green tea, and we’d be golden.

The Asheville nonprofit Food Connection is partnering with Wicked Weed Brewing and its Cultura restaurant, the YMCA of Western North Carolina, and Red Wing Enterprises for the event aimed at helping service industry workers.

One of the biggest immediate impacts has been the release of about 200 people from the Buncombe County jail, a long-sought after goal by some local officials who want to convert the county jail from a holding pen for low-level, nonviolent, poor suspects to a lockup reserved for serious offenders.